Job
Title: VicePresident, Software Engineering
- Work location: Onsite
San Francisco, CA, USA
- Annual Salary: US$250
- 350 K/Year; Longterm (Duration)
What You’ll Do:
As
Vice President of Engineering, you will lead the development and scaling of
Cambium’s entire tech stack, ensuring it meets the demands of a rapidly growing
business and evolving market needs. Reporting directly to the CTO, you will
take ownership of the architecture and technical roadmap across our platforms,
which include logistics optimization, fintech and merchant services
integration, and hardware-software integration for inventory management. You
will lead a talented and distributed engineering team, fostering collaboration,
innovation, and operational excellence, while also being hands-on in shaping
our systems to scale with the company's ambitions.
Strategic
Leadership and Technical Vision (60 percent):
- Define and execute a
comprehensive technical vision for Cambium’s platforms, ensuring alignment with
the company’s business goals and growth strategy.
- Architect a scalable,
modular technology infrastructure across multiple domains, including instant
logistics for wood, chain of custody tracking, fintech integration, inventory
management, and customer-facing dashboards.
- Lead the design of
systems that effectively integrate hardware and software, optimizing
performance for real-time logistics and operational management.
- Establish coding standards,
best practices, and processes that ensure high code quality, system
reliability, and operational efficiency across all platforms.
- Identify performance
bottlenecks and implement optimizations to ensure the tech stack performs
efficiently, especially in mission-critical areas like logistics and fintech
services.
- Ensure security and
scalability of all systems, focusing on cloud-based solutions that are built
for long-term growth and flexibility.
Product
Development and Innovation & Team Building (25 percent):
- Oversee the
development of robust, secure, and scalable systems, focusing on areas such as
hardware-software integration, merchant services, and real-time inventory
management.
- Collaborate closely
with product management and other stakeholders to ensure technical solutions
align with product strategies and deliver superior customer experiences.
- AI/ML will play a role
in enhancing platform capabilities, and your primary focus will be on building
resilient, scalable systems that support Cambium’s growth while utilizing
appropriate AI tooling.
- Build and mentor a
world-class engineering team, ensuring that talent acquisition, professional
development, and culture are top priorities as the team scales.
- Provide hands-on
leadership to the engineering organization, guiding both senior leaders and
individual contributors to deliver high-impact solutions.
- Drive team expansion
efforts, scaling an engineering team to meet the evolving demands of the
platform and business.
- Regularly communicate
progress, technical vision, and key milestones to the CTO and other leadership
team members, ensuring transparency and alignment across the organization.
Collaboration
and Team Building (15%):
- Partner closely with
product, design, and business teams to ensure seamless alignment between
technical strategy and business objectives.
- Regularly communicate
progress, technical vision, and key milestones to the CTO and other leadership
team members, ensuring transparency and alignment across the organization.
- Support customer-facing
initiatives by ensuring that our technology enhances user experience, data
transparency, and operational functionality.
- Partner closely with
product, design, and business teams to ensure seamless alignment between
technical strategy and business objectives.
- Support
customer-facing initiatives by ensuring that our technology enhances user
experience, data transparency, and operational functionality.
About
You (Required):
- Bachelor's degree in
Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, Masters degree preferred,
additional certificates of continuous learning encouraged.
- 15+ years of
experience leading large-scale engineering teams with deep expertise in
architecting and scaling complex, multi-faceted platforms. Preference will be
given to candidates with start-up and scale-up experience.
- Proven experience in
leading the design and development of complex software architectures, ensuring
they align with both scalability demands and business objectives.
- Excel in defining and
articulating technical visions and strategies, particularly focusing on
scalability, security, and performance to drive forward the company’s goals.
- Expertise in
hardware-software integration, fintech platforms, logistics systems, and
customer-facing dashboards, with hands-on experience in technical execution.
- Strong ability to
balance long-term strategic planning with the need for agile, iterative
development to meet business goals.
- Expertise in
architecting modular systems and making strategic decisions regarding
technology selection, data storage solutions, API design, and integration
approaches.
- Strong desire and
ability to foster collaboration across various teams, translating complex
business requirements into practical technical solutions that align with the
product roadmap and customer expectations.
- A passion for
mentorship with a track record of building and leading engineering teams,
cultivating a culture of innovation, learning, and collaboration within the
organization.
- Deep understanding of
coding standards, architectural guidelines, and best practices, with a
commitment to maintaining high-quality, scalable, and reliable software
solutions.
- You constantly find
yourself learning about emerging technologies, tools, and trends, and can
evaluate their impact on existing and future platform capabilities.
- Top-notch analytical
skills, capable of identifying performance bottlenecks and implementing
optimizations that enhance system efficiency and responsiveness.
- Dedicated to the
continuous improvement of processes, advocating for automation, and enhancing
tooling to streamline development workflows and boost productivity.
- Strong analytical and
problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail.
- Excellent
communication and collaboration abilities, with the capacity to work
effectively in a team environment.
- Ability to thrive in a
fast-paced, dynamic work environment and manage multiple tasks concurrently.
Preferred
Qualification:
Experience as a
database architect, senior engineer and engineering manager, with a desire to
serve as both “player-coach,” meaning you like getting your hands dirty in code
and systems and you have the experience and know-how to switch from the
keyboard to the whiteboard to build a system that is stable, scalable,
maintainable.
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